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Sharon Jones, professor of English language and literatures.<\/p><\/div>\n

Throughout February Wright State University\u2019s Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center<\/a> will host a series of lectures to celebrate Black History Month. The events are open to all Wright State students, faculty and staff and the public.<\/p>\n

Black History Month programming kicks off on Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 4:40 to 6 p.m. in the Millett Atrium with a presentation by Sharon Jones, professor of English language and literatures<\/a> at Wright State, on \u201cRevisiting the Past: Exploring Images in Blaxploitation Films.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second presentation will be held Monday, Feb. 10, by Opolot Okia, professor of history<\/a> at Wright State, who will discuss the “History of the Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center” in the Millett Hall Atrium from noon to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Aldon Morris, the Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University, will give a lecture and presentation on \u201cW.E.B. Dubois at the Center: From Science, Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter\u201d on Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Atrium. Morris’ lecture is sponsored by the Bolinga Center and the Office of Black Faculty and Staff Collaboration.<\/p>\n

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Opolot Okia, professor of history<\/p><\/div>\n

The final event of the month is a fiction book reading by Gariot Louima, vice president for enrollment and student success at Antioch College, on Monday, Feb. 24, at 5 p.m. in the Stein Galleries in the Creative Arts Center.<\/p>\n

This event is sponsored by the Bolinga Center; Kelli Zaytoun, professor of English language and literatures; the Department of English Language and Literatures; the African and African American Studies Program; the Office of Latinx, Asian and Native American Affairs; the Office of LGBTQA Affairs; the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program; and the Women\u2019s Center.<\/p>\n

As part of the month of events, HIV testing will be offered in the Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center, 140 Millett Hall, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

For more information about Black History Month programs, contact the Bolinga Center at bolinga-center@wright.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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